I believe he walked when told that he would not have a free hand to sign players he wanted, like Peter Crouch, on extremely high-paid contracts. Palace have always believed in giving their Academy kids the chance to come through the ranks, rather than but big names on short-term contracts.
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If this turns out to be true (and I hope it isn't), then Brentford will have potentially lost a lot of money in compo which they would have received if and when Warburton was poached by another club. I did wonder how they were going to pursue their ideal of getting to the Premiership if they got...